TT is such a great spectator race

I have always loved the Isle of Man, I remember in 1975 heading out to Ramsay as a wild teenager and couldn’t wait to see and hear the likes of Rocket Ron Haslam, Mick Grant and Mike the Bike head on off for a 37 mile lap of the infamous Island Road Race. There are […]

25th Anniversary Edition Ton UP Machine CB750K

Well, next year will be my 25th Anniversary of creating machines over on this side of the pond, many people have asked would I replicate the infamous K5 with Cafe on the tank to celebrate a quarter of a Century building Motorcycles, and I thought, I may go along the similar lines to that very […]

FOUNDRY’S LATEST KAWASAKI Z650 CAFÉ RACER

Tom Simpson | Owner | Designer | Builder | Barista !  Tom was a blacksmith with an interest in motorcycles that stretched back to when he grass-tracked on mopeds around a field. “The seed of my bike obsession took hold when my dad brought home a knackered Suzuki GT250 Ram Air,” he says. He’d been […]

Few More Exhaust systems available for your CB500, CB550 and CB750 SOHC

Well, the old year is almost up, a New year just around the corner and to be honest, I am looking forward to it, new challenges but new idea’s and New parts to be offered for a number of machines, something that I do like to do and offer to everybody. So, literally a Truckload […]

Merry Christmas from Carpys Cafe Racers

Jeez, another year gone and soon beginning a brand new one.  Well, I hope that this finds you all well and happy?  I wish you ALL a very Merry Christmas and hope that you get time to relax and fit the new parts to your ride. These last 12 months have rocketed by for me […]

CB350 Board Tracker “Iowa’s Smith Bros”

Sometimes when an artists hits that “BLANK” wall in designing something head turning, it can be way simpler to go “Back To Basics” and there it is, a work of pure art and creativity. And this is the case with a Motorcycle shop in Cedar Rapids , Iowa. Trying to think outside of the box […]

The Lahaina Project Charity Motorcycle

Crazy to think that 102 days ago the picturesque Polynesian town of Lahaina was engulfed in flames, a sad day for us all and a very meaningful memory for me as we were there a few months back as Jennifer’s family were from there.  In 1795, Lahaina was conquered by Kamehameha I, and established the town […]

Heading to El Mirage Dry Lake for the weekend to watch the Racing

As many of you know, I have always liked anything fast but when there could be a world record at stake, then my eyes and ears are wide open, so this weekend, Jennifer and I will load up the truck and take the 2 hour jaunt up to the desert and to El Mirage Dry […]

Ya just have to love the sound of the Two Strokes, and a Fun French/Italian movie

What a Start to a Movie! Its OK the Hedgehog does not get hit but it gets you watching through your fingers though eh? A Parisian takes the law into his own hands and sets out to find the motorcyclists who killed his wife and child. Release date: December 3, 1975 (New York) Director: Gérard Pirès Screenplay: Gérard […]